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“When will we address the fact that rich, white people think they know what's in the best interest of children of African-Americans and Latinos - no matter what the parent's income or education level.”

People Thinking Knows Children Matter Facts Parent Interest White Levels Rich No Matter What Income African American Addresses Latino

Author:Karen Lewis

“The Latino military fare badly when they stumble into war with the gringos. But in the torture, murder, and massacre of their own people, they have always performed with brilliance and elan.”

People War Military Murder Torture Latino Brilliance Massacres

Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

“I feel so much pride to represent my community and be Latino. No doubt about it, above my career and sales being a Latino comes first.”

Feels Firsts Community Careers Doubt Pride No Doubt Latino

Author:Daddy Yankee

“The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what I do, but we do a lot in the Dominican Republic.”

Way Giving Helping Community Quiet Best Way Republic Giving Back Latino Dominican Republic

Author:Daddy Yankee

“In the end of the film there is hope, ... There's beauty in ugliness. It's really important for us Latinos to acknowledge each other and not deny the reality, because our reality is fascinating.”

Important Ends Reality Film Deny Acknowledge Fascinating Ugliness Latino There Is Hope

Author:Jonathan Jakubowicz

“A hallmark of the Latino community is to help one another, if students are interested in a way to give back and help their communities, becoming a teacher is probably one of the very best ways of doing that.”

Ifs Way Giving Helping Community Teacher Students Becoming Best Way Giving Back Latino Hallmark

Author:Ellen Ochoa

“Latinos have fought in all of America’s wars, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Many Latinos are fighting and dying for our country today in Iraq, just as several of their ancestors fought for freedom in Mexico over a century ago.”

War Country Today America Fighting Century Dying Iraq Our Country Revolutionary Ancestor Mexico Latino Revolutionary War Cinco De Mayo

Author:Joe Baca

“The truth is, no one wants to face the fact that there was a huge double standard in baseball, and white athletes like Mark McGwire, Cal Ripken Jr., and Brady Anderson were protected and coddled in a way that an outspoken Latino like me never would be. The light-eyed and white-skinned were declared household names. Canseco the Cuban was left out in the cold, where racism and double standards rule.”

“I am urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies.”

Children Parent Black Latino Youngsters Hoodies

Author:Geraldo Rivera

“They just think I'm a white dude. Every once in a while someone thinks I'm Jewish. I get a lot of stuff, but never Latino.”

Thinking Stuff White Latino

Author:James Roday

“Conservatives have been using poor black and Latino children as mascots in the voucher crusade for a decade.”

Children Has Beens Black Poor Decades Latino Crusades Mascots Vouchers

Author:Cynthia Tucker

“Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?”

America Faces Black White Aliens Illegal Mars Latino Illegal Aliens

Author:Raquel Cepeda

“The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment”

Believe Looks Facts I Believe Judgment Latino

Author:Ednita Nazario

“As far as a Latin explosion, I'm sorry, I'm the only Latino who's going to say it, but there is no Latin explosion. I'm sorry. Four or five top box office people do not make it an explosion, and it's disgusting to me that people will perceive it that way.”

People Way Five Four Office Sorry Boxes Perceive Latin Disgusting I'm Sorry Explosions Latino Box Office I Am Sorry Am Sorry

Author:Rosie Perez

“I don't want to be considered 'the Latino rapper.”

Want Rapper Latino

Author:Big Pun

“New Jersey for me is so alive with history. It's old, dynamic, African-American, Latino.”

Alive African American Jersey Latino New Jersey

Author:Junot Diaz

“As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed.”

Trying Easy Growing Up Growing Hot Latino Harlem Spanish Harlem Hot Headed

Author:Erik Estrada

“America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants.”

America Black White Immigration Filmmaker Immigrants Asian Latino Multicultural

Author:Jose Antonio Vargas

“The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as if our society was static; as if no progress has been made; as if this country - a country that has made it possible for one of his own members to run for the highest office in the land and build a coalition of white and black; Latino and Asian, rich and poor, young and old - is still irrevocably bound to a tragic past.”

Source: Change We Can Believe In

“Republicans will need to work hard to capture the Latino vote instead of their current strategy of capturing Latinos.”

Needs Hard Hard Work Republican Vote Strategy Currents Capture Latino

Author:Stephen Colbert

“Nothing happens in the 'real' world unless it first happens in the images in our heads”

World Firsts Real Happens Things Happen Real World Latino

Author:Gloria E. Anzaldúa

“They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family.”

People Black Common One Thing Color West East Our Family Easter Latino Friction

Author:Afrika Bambaataa

“You have to look at the fact that Hip Hop is under attack. It's not just Hip Hop but Black people, Latino people and all people are under attack for different things.”

People Looks Different Facts Black Hip Hop Hips Hops Different Things Black People Latino

Author:Afrika Bambaataa

“It will be up to each of you to make sure that young people, African Americans, Latinos and women who powered our victory in 2008 stand together once again.”

People Together Young Victory African American Latino

Author:Barack Obama

“Limbo has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.”

People World Has Beens America Careers Europe Response Latino Limbo Europe And America

Author:Daddy Yankee

“There's a lot of Latinos right now, a lot of filmmakers and writers that are Latin too.”

Right Now Filmmaker Latin Latino

Author:Benicio Del Toro

“As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.”

Two Millions Adults Latino Diabetes

Author:Xavier Becerra

“As my family story shows, Latinos have been a blessing for USA for many generations. The future of America depends in part on the success of the Latino community, and this opportunity is just one more signifier of that.”

Has Beens Stories Shows America Opportunity Community Generations Depends Blessing My Family Usa Just One Latino Future Of America

Author:Julian Castro

“I'm a mongrel in the sense that I'm Spanish, English, Latino, Jewish, north, south - all these things are mixed in me.”

Author:Ariel Dorfman

“I would hope to get together with the Latino community, if I could ever have them talk to me without screaming and threatening me. So I hope to get together with the community and try to explain what we do, so that's going to be one of my missions coming up.”

Ifs Trying Together Community Missions If I Could Threatening Latino Talk To Me Get Together

Author:Joe Arpaio

“I struggled with being a Latino growing up in Los Angeles. I felt very American. I still do. I went to 35 bar mitzvahs before I went to a single quinceanera. I could talk all day about my culture and what it means to me.”

Mean Stills Culture Felt Growing Up Growing Bars Los Angeles Latino Bar Mitzvah Mitzvah

Author:America Ferrera

“I love blacks and gays and latinos, as long as they don't live next door.”

Long Reality Next Doors Gay Latino

Author:Mojo Nixon